A Turkish family has lost their 12-year-old son in a rural area, sparking widespread concerns for his safety following the recent disappearance of Turkish girl Narin, which ended in tragedy.

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“Rasoul Guliyev” left his home in the village of “Pınarbaşı” in the Ezine district of Çanakkale province, near Istanbul, angrily storming out after a dispute with his mother on Monday.

The family’s concern grew as the evening approached and Rasoul had not returned home. The police and gendarmerie launched a search operation for him.

The boy was spotted on surveillance footage leaving the village, but his exact destination remains unknown.

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Local media quoted the boy’s mother expressing regret for upsetting him after severely scolding him for damaging part of his school bag on the first day of the school year.

The mother said she felt some relief when she saw her son walking in the surveillance footage, but she is still worried about his fate.

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Rasoul had previously left his family home in a similar incident, though the family found him in the village on that occasion.

However, disappearances quickly alarm families after millions of Turkish households followed the case of 8-year-old Narin Gören, who was found murdered and her body hidden in a rural area in the south of the country after 19 days of extensive searches.

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